Sports Revenue Analytics veteran Troy Kirby interviews the team behind the teams in Front Offices and Athletics Departments throughout the world, revealing an industry of specialists and minds unseen by the local or national media. Examined in this podcast are current or long-standing industry topics; tickets, business, analytics, moneyball, revenue, finance, economy, sales and jobs of the NCAA, NFL, MLB, NBA, and NHL. Also included are topics surrounding third party vendors, sports business, revenue, marketing, mentoring interns, facilities, managing employees, as well as how to not only break into sports, but stay in the industry long-term. The often-invisible side of the industry is where the Tao of Sports Podcast attempts to pull back the elusive curtain, providing information both to industry insiders and those who want to work in sports.

With over 20 years of international venue ticketing experience in various marketplaces, Tim Chambers breaks down some of the largest issues happening across The Pond. One of them being ticket touting, the secondary market in the United Kingdom, where artists and venue promoters had decried the practice while demanding a cap, as well as the bankruptcy of SFX and whether that will hinder deferred artist advanced payments for future concert tours. Chambers then discusses the Liverpool protests, where at the 77th minute of the 2016 match against Sunderland, 10,000 fans out of 44,000, exited the stadium to protest higher ticket prices proposed for 2017. Twitter: @T_J_Chambers